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Gerald Jones - Banjo and Mandolin
Gerald Jones,founder and director of Acoustic Music Camp, is a favorite instructor at many bluegrass and roots music camps around the nation, teaching banjo, mandolin, and many special topics such as “Jam Survival Skills.” He’s a skilled player in many different styles including bluegrass, western swing, country, classical banjo and Polish war hymns. He's played on stage or recorded with with Jim "Texas Shorty" Chancellor, Vince Gill, Sam Bush, Hank Thompson, Red Steagall, Jethro Burns, Jerry Douglas, Tanya Tucker, Junior Brown and many more. The inventor of the Jones/AcousticPlus banjo pickup endorsed by Earl Scruggs, Bela Fleck, Alan Munde and many others. As a banjoist, he’s been a two-time finalist in the National Bluegrass Banjo championship in Winfield Kansas.
Gerald has taught music for almost 30 years, and counts among his students Marty and Emily Erwin of the Dixie Chicks. He's the editor of Mel Bay’s bimonthly webzine Banjo Sessions, and is a frequent contributor to Joe Carr’s Mandolin Sessions. As Joe said of Gerald, “students love him because he jams a lot with them and teaches as much out of class as in!”
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